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WILKES-BARRE &#8212; It was almost exactly a year ago when a young Coughlin team went into Wyoming Valley West and knocked off the defending conference champions.On Wednesday night, the Spartans were looking for an early Christmas present by returning the favor to the Crusaders, who were co-champions of Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 last season.Though Coughlin is a little banged up, the team was still too tough for the Spartans, who were coming off a decent performance at last weekend&#8217;s X-calibur Tournament, to pull an upset. The Crusaders picked up six pins en route to the 51-27 victory at Coughlin High School.&#8220;We were very concerned because we knew we were giving up two weight classes and we&#8217;re still a little banged up, we don&#8217;t have our regular lineup yet,&#8221; Coughlin coach Dave Parsnik said. &#8220;Every match tonight was important and I thought our kids stepped up. The matches we had to win, we won, and we got bonus points, which was the difference.&#8221;Not only was the win crucial for Coughlin because it was the team&#8217;s Division 1 opener, but also because its next action will be next week at the Tunkhannock Kiwanis Tournament. One of the other participating teams at the event will be host Tunkhannock, which tied the Crusaders and Hazleton Area for the division title last season.&#8220;We&#8217;re working to get a full lineup back. Until then, we&#8217;re going to be a better tournament team than a dual meet team,&#8221; Parsnik said. &#8220;Right now, we&#8217;re OK, and we&#8217;re not wrestling Hazleton and Tunkhannock (duals) until later so we&#8217;ll be ready to go.&#8221;The Crusaders jumped out to a but 33-3 lead after seven of the 14 weights, but Parsnik knew a win still wasn&#8217;t going to be easy because they were going to give up points at some of the heavier weights, plus the Spartans still had a few of their top wrestlers still to go.A pin by Valley West&#8217;s T.J. Pashinski at 170, and two Coughlin forfeits at 182 and 195 all of a sudden pulled the Spartans to 33-21. A Valley West forfeit followed at 220 to bump the lead to 39-21 with three weights remaining meaning there was still time for the Spartans to grab the upset.But Coughlin heavyweight Naheem Kenzakowski ended all thoughts of that when he pinned Samuel Novas in 1:51 to put the score out of reach.&#8220;I thought we would have matched up a little better than what we did,&#8221; Spartans coach Ryan Vassello said. &#8220;We had our bumps and bruises today, a couple guys didn&#8217;t make weight, but all in all I thought we matched up pretty well. I just don&#8217;t think we wrestled to our potential.&#8221;Valley West, which dropped to 0-2 early on in divisional play, got a win from 106-pound freshman David Krokowski following the heavyweight bout. Krokowski continued the promising start to his career with a fall in 1:14.The Spartans fell to Crestwood last week, but Vassello sees improvement from that dual.&#8220;Honestly, I think we did better. We did a better job of fighting off our backs. We did better as a team,&#8221; Vassello said. &#8220;I think as the weeks go on we&#8217;re gonna progress as a team.&#8221;Pittston Area 45, Crestwood 28The Patriots won their WVC Division 1 opener thanks to pins by Chris Starinsky (138), Jason Deboard (160), Hunter Booth (170) and Nikko Cincogouarni (195).Crestwood, which had to forfeit three weights, received falls from Brandon Rinehimer (126), Shane O&#8217;Rourke (220) and Tyler Nuss (285).Wyoming Area 51, Blue Ridge 30Tyler Martin (132), Pat Heck (138), Zach Briggs (170) and Justin Joseph (195) all won via fall for the Warriors.Tunkhannock 74, Berwick 0Jake Richards (138), Dalton Ray (170) and Ricky Stevens (285) all picked up pins for the Tigers, who won their Division 1 opener, and also also won by forfeit eight times en route to the rare shutout.Meyers 76, GAR 6In a match on Tuesday night, the Mohawks received six forfeits, and got falls from Jamell Ballard (145), Terrance Clark (152), Isaac Mensah (182), Namir Murphy (195), Lucas Borum (220) and William Williams (285) en route to the victory.Coughlin 51, Wyoming Valley West 27106: David Krokowski (WVW) pinned Tino Morrow 1:14; 113: Joey Rey (Cou) pinned Kevin Long 2:56; 120: Pat Clarke (Cou) dec Wayne Smith 1-0; 126: Joe Pahler (Cou) won by forfeit; 132: Jake Brown (Cou) pinned Travis Clark 1:37; 138: Josh Brown (Cou) pinned Landon Stanislow :39; 145: Corey Yashinski (WVW) dec Frank Castano 6-2; 152: Mike Brown (Cou) pinned Robbie Care 3:11; 160: Taylor Chronowski (Cou) pinned Jake Packer :44; 170: T.J. Pashinski (WVW) pinned Jeff Sosa 1:25; 182: Garrett Giza (WVW) won by forfeit; 195: Kevin Cordes (WVW) won by forfeit; 220: Carl Clemons (Cou) won by forfeit; 285: Naheem Kenzakowski (Cou) pinned Samuel Novas 1:51Note: Match started at 120 poundsPittston Area 45, Crestwood 28106: Brandon Lopez (PA) won by forfeit; 113: Avonni Tooley (PA) won by forfeit; 120: Ryan Lombardo (PA) won by forfeit; 126: Brandon Rinehimer (Cre) pinned Preston Olecki :45; 132: Ron Grevera (Cre) maj dec Tony Demark 12-2; 138: Chris Starinsky (PA) pinned Conor Rogan :52; 145: Justin Lukashewski (Cre) dec John Martineze 10-5; 152: Josh McGilvary (PA) dec Liam Stone 6-3; 160: Jason Deboard (PA) pinned Matthew Jasnoski 1:38; 170: Hunter Booth (PA) pinned Michael Jarmiolowski 1:30; 182: Ryan Black (Cre) dec Allen Thomas 9-5; 195: Nikko Cincogouarni (PA) pinned Paul Ashton 5:11; 220: Shane O&#8217;Rourke (Cre) pinned Nathan Lombardo 1:07; 285: Tyler Nuss (Cre) pinned Gino Coffay 3:08Note: Match started at 120 poundsWyoming Area 51, Blue Ridge 30106: Brandon Williams (WA) won by forfeit; 113: Justin Esposito (WA) won by forfeit; 120: Dylan Lewis (BR) pinned Robin Wrobleski 3:40; 126: David Austin (BR) pinned Daniel Kosko 1:49; 132: Tyler Martin (WA) pinned Thomas Gudykunst 1:18; 138: Patrick Heck (WA) pinned Alec Martin 2:34; 145: Kendrick Beyer (WA) tech fall Aaron Cook 20-5; 152: Michael Kelly (BR) pinned Stephen Sokach-Minnick :56; 160: Adam Roe (BR) pinned Jaryn Polit-Moran 3:30; 170: Zachary Briggs (WA) pinned Dylan Monks :30; 182: Adam Buczynski (WA) won by forfeit; 195: Justin Joseph (WA) pinned Chris Graf 1:23; 220: Damon Barhight (WA) maj dec Wesley Richardson 11-3; 285: Evan Aldrich (BR) pinned Nicholas Tomlinson 1:04Note: Match started at 106 poundsTunkhannock 74, Berwick 0106: David Gavek (Tun) won by forfeit; 113: no contest; 120: Josh Beeman (Tun) dec Travis Dent 6-3; 126: Tommy Traver (Tun) won by forfeit; 132: Dakota Quick (Tun) tech fall Alec Talanca 20-5, 6:00; 138: Jake Richards (Tun) pinned Kyle Yule 1:20; 145: Connor Munley (Tun) won by forfeit; 152: Bill Manley (Tun) won by forfeit; 160: Mike Manley (Tun) won by forfeit; 170: Dalton Ray (Tun) pinned Dylan Hughes 2:22; 182: Jarod Bernosky (Tun) won by forfeit; 195: Josh Flaherty (Tun) won by forfeit; 220: Sam Rice (Tun) won by forfeit; 285: Ricky Stevens (Tun) pinned Stone Force 1:38Note: Match started at 285 poundsMeyers 76, GAR 6106: Caden Strobel (Mey) won by forfeit; 113: Bryce Waters (Mey) won by forfeit; 120: Michael Dempsey (Mey) won by forfeit; 126: Colin Pasone (Mey) won by forfeit; 132: Tashawn Qualls (GAR) pinned Anthony Kasper (Mey) 1:58; 138: Tyler Clark (Mey) won by forfeit; 145: Jamell Ballard (Mey) pinned Sean Mulligan 3:13; 152: Terrance Clark (Mey) pinned Midjerson Pierre :21; 160: Jeremy Bergold (Mey) maj dec David Virgo 11-1; 170: Fahbian Biggs (Mey) won by forfeit; 182: Isaac Mensah (Mey) pinned Deshawn Wicks :59; 195: Namir Murphy (Mey) pinned Mike Drozda 3:18; 220: Lucas Borum (Mey) pinned Chris Malys 1:28; 285: William Williams (Mey) pinned Desmond Dyer 1:18Note: Match started at 106 pounds<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s David Krokowski, left, pins Coughlin&#8217;s Tino Morrow in the 103-pound match of Wednesday&#8217;s Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 wrestling match in Wilkes-Barre. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/web1_coughlinwvwwrestle01-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s David Krokowski, left, pins Coughlin&#8217;s Tino Morrow in the 103-pound match of Wednesday&#8217;s Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 wrestling match in Wilkes-Barre. </caption0><photoCredit0>Pete G. Wilcox|Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/web1_coughlinwvwwrestle02-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Coughlin&#8217;s Joey Rey takes Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Kevin Long to the mat in the 113-pound match of Wednesday&#8217;s dual in Wilkes-Barre. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/web1_coughlinwvwwrestle02-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Coughlin&#8217;s Joey Rey takes Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Kevin Long to the mat in the 113-pound match of Wednesday&#8217;s dual in Wilkes-Barre. </caption1><photoCredit1>Pete G. Wilcox|Times Leader </photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Dave Rosengrantdrosengrant@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Dave Rosengrant at 570-991-6398 or on Twitter @tldrosengrant</shirttailMeta></div>

Coughlin wrestling uses 6 pins to top Wyoming Valley West